Method of and means for treating the hair



H. H. SEYL.

METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR TREATING THE HAIR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1921.

1,3 34 Patented Aug. 2, 192 1.

HUBERT HERMAN SEYL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METHOD or AITD MEANS roe TREATING was HAIR.

Application filed May as,

therefrom, or to produce kinks, waves, or.-

curls therein. I

Another object is to provide a method of and means by which a more or "less permar nency of set may be given to the hair by application of a material that serves as a splint to hold or brace the individual hairs of wisps or looks of hair in the condition in which they have been placed during treat ment and which does-not injuriously burn, dry or split the hairs.

Other objects and advantages will readily appear.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows one form of the device as it appears when used to remove kmks or waves from the hair.

Fig. "-2 shows the arrangement when it is desired to produce kinks or waves in the hair.

In both views the same reference charac- I ters are employed to indicate similar parts.

The tongs 5 are pivoted together at 6, and provided with handles 7 and 8. On the extended, ends 9 and 10 may be secured rollers between which the hair is pressed. In Fig. 1

the rollers 11 and 12 are smooth faced, while in Fig. 2, the rollers 13 and 14 are corrugated. The rollers are interchangeable on the extended ends 9 and 10.' p

15 is a wick girdle or belt of absorbing material, such as a wick, that is to be contained between the rollers, as shown in the drawings. The belt 15 is saturated with a suitable fluid, such for example as a solution of gum tragacanth, or gum arabic, or other similar suitable substance.

In treating kinky or wavy hair the instrument shown in Fig. 1 is employed. A wisp or lock of the hair is placed between the rollers 11 and 12, or directly between the roller 11 and the upper surface of the wick or belt. 15. The extreme unattached ends of.

Specification of Letters I'atent.

the operation of the instrument.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921. 1921. Serial No. 473,281.

the hair are seized by the left hand of the operator and the instrument is moved back and forward along the lock of the hair, the belt or wick 15 moving'in cdntact with the hair as the "instrument is operated and imparting moisture to the lower surface of the wisp. The wick 15 is first saturated with the required solution and the rollers-11 and 12 are heated in any suitable manner to a degree at which the liquid in the solut1 on.w11l be converted into steam. The liqu1 d solvent or menstruum containing the stlifening substance will be deposited upon the hair from the wick, andthe upper roller, comlng in contact with the hair will cause evolutlon of steam from the deposited liquid which will leave the more solidomatter as a coating on the individual hairs of the Wisp or look. As the solid matter dries upon the hair, the hair will become set or remain permanently' in the condition in which it has been placed by the ironing smooth face rollers, so that any former wave or kink that may have been contained in the hair will thereby be eliminated and the hair straightened, the deposited material servingas a means for holding each individual hair in the. condition in which it has been placed by In the event that it is desirable to kink or wave straight hair the rollers 13 and 14 may be used and the wisp or look of hair will be crimped or placed inundulating' form between the teeth of the rollers, at the same time the wick or girdle 15 will conform to the teeth and the interdental spaces of the rollers and the heat will contribute to temporarily hold the hair in the crimped condition, whereas the solid matter of the solution will have the same effect to hold the hair crimped as in the former case it maintains it straight. 1

Greater or less tension can be applied to the hair between the rollers by squeezing the handles 7 and 8 together with more or less force.

Any sort of solution or mixture, well designed to set or splint the hair, may be used in. the manner described by first saturating the girdle, or wick 15, and placing the girdle air, and then moving the instrument as a w ole along the over the lower roller of the several the surface of the hair andthat the upper uncovered roller 11 or 13, as the case may be,coming in contact with the hair causes the liquid carrying the stifi'ening or setting substance to become evaporated, leaving the more material substance as a coating for the hair, and it is immaterial whether the hair be kinked or waved at the time that this operation is performed or whether the kinks or waves be taken from it, the material will serve as means for holding the hair in the condition in which it has been placed by the operation of the machine. 1 t

While I have herein shown a single embodiment of my invention for the purpose of clear disclosure, it will be manifest to persons skilled in the art, that considerable variation may be'made in the general arrangement and configuration of the parts within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A method of treating hair which consists in simultaneously applying a suitable solution on one side of a wisp or lock of hair and heat on the opposite side to evaporate the menstruumand to draw it through the wispand to draw the solid matter of the solution into the wisp to coat the hair therewith.

2. The method ofitreating hair which consists in applying pressure to a wisp of hair between two heated surfaces and simultaneously applying a suitable solution between one heated surface and the wisp whereby to evaporate the menstruum of the solution and to coat the hair of the wisp with the solid matter thereof until the solid matter sets, whereby to retain the hair in condition in which it is placed by the treatment.

3. A device for treating hair comprising a pair of tongs havingrollers on the respective prongs of the tongs and a liquidabsorbing girdle overlying one of the rollers.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name.

HUBERT HERMAN SEYL, M. D. 

